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Tell me baby what's your story
Where you come from
And where you wanna go this time oh
Tell me lover are you lonely
The thing we need is
Never all that hard to find oh
Tell me baby what's your story
Where do you come from
And where you wanna go this time oh
You're so lovely are you lonely
Giving up on the innocence you left behind

Tell me Baby – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Chapter 12 – Tell me Baby

EPOV

Leaving Bella behind was hard, but this time I don't have to wait long before I see her again. I head home that night with my heart light, I'm almost floating I'm so happy. I barely know Bella, yet at the same time I feel like I have always known her. Which is kind of strange, because the more I look at her picture I took the other night, the more I'm sure I have seen her somewhere, I just can't put my finger on where. Maybe I can ask my sister, she has this uncanny ability to remember faces, even after just a quick glimpse at them. An idea suddenly pops into my mind. I'm about to go and see Jasper when he enters my room. I drop my wallet, keys and phone on my bedside table.

"Everything alright?" he asks.

"Yeah, she's fine now. I won't wait a whole week though before I go and see her again." The tension of the entire day finally settling down on me and I feel tired from it all.

He chuckles. "Yeah, I guess that wouldn't leave that good of an impression."

I chuckle too. "I kinda made a schedule with her. I'll go on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays."

"Are you sure you'll be able to make it? What with your mom and all…" He leaves the words hanging in the air, he doesn't want to say what we both know is a possibility. She may get worse and would need more from me if that happens.

"Yeah, I know. But I need a break sometimes. I love my Mom, don't get me wrong, I just need some time away sometimes. It's hard enough as it is. Plus, I need to see her. It's strange, but it's kind of a visceral thing." I knew that I wasn't explaining it correctly because hell to be honest I really didn't know what it was either.

"I know what you mean. So from what I'm gathering, you'll be going back tomorrow night?"

"Yeah. Hey, you and Alice have something planned for dinner tomorrow night?"

"Not that I know of, you'd have to ask her to be sure. Why?" He begins to play with the edging of my bedspread while he asks.

"You up for a group dinner?" I offer.

"Sounds good to me. I'll talk to Alice and let you know." I always wondered how we had become so close when he rarely even speaks more than ten words at a time.

"Great. I'm going to invite Angela and Ben too, if you don't mind."

"Of course not, they're cool." His accent comes out on words like cool, maybe it's the slang that brings it up.

"Nice. Night Jas." I offer as I push him out of my room and down the hallway.

"Night." He chuckles as he leaves.

Angela is my lab partner. She is in pre-med as well, but unlike me, she wants to specialize into paediatrics. She is great with kids, so it just made sense. We have become close again since I have started classes here in Seattle. She and Ben are both from Forks as well, but they aren't part of the people Alice and I hung out with during high school. It's a pity, because they're really a great couple.

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BPOV

About an hour after leaving the club, I am lying on the bed Rosalie and I share, waiting for her to be done with her shower. As much as I would like to go to sleep, I can't. My mind is full of thoughts of Edward. As much as I try to convince myself that I need to let him go, to stop things with him as soon as possible before one of us gets hurt, I can't find the strength to do it. The more the time goes by, the more I want to tell Edward the truth. I can't keep living in this nightmare. God, I need to talk to Rose…

"Hey, everything alright?" she asks, coming out of the bathroom.

"Hey, um… not really."

"What's going on? I thought everything went well with Edward?" Her face shows her shock at my apparent off mood.

"Oh, they did, don't get me wrong. It has nothing to do with what happened tonight."

"What is it then?" I pause when I don't know how to answer her. "Bella?" She gently calls again when I don't answer right away.

"I'm not sure. It's just… I may have changed my mind." I reply cryptically.

"About what?" Rose asks when I don't elaborate. I sigh.

"About not telling the guys about us."

"Oh. And what made you change your mind?"

"Everything that happened today. I realized Edward is much more important to me than I thought." I twist the edges of my shirt in my hands to dispel my nervousness, it doesn't seem to really be helping.

"Yeah, I guess I can understand. It's the same way with Emmett and I. The chemistry is intense. Sometimes it's almost too much to bear. I've never felt like this before. What I felt for Royce is nothing compared to what I feel for Emmett. As opposed to Royce, I could actually see myself spending my life with Emmett, with Royce it was just a thing I did until something better came along, I know that now. I think I'm falling in love, Bella. Hard." The sweet smile that shines all over her face shows the depth of her love for Emmett, I have never seen Rosalie look this way. It makes her all the more beautiful.

"I have never felt like this before either. It's strange. Every time I think of Edward, I get these butterflies in my stomach. When I'm with him, it's like the rest of the world disappears, there's only the two of us. When we kiss, sometimes it gets so intense I forget who I am. I think I may be falling in love too, Rose. I hate lying to him. It gets harder every time he asks a question that is very personal. I've been lucky so far, but who knows what will happen next time?" My stomach sinks at the possibility of having to tell Edward my humiliating story but he is the only person that I actually think I can tell.

"I know, I understand. There must be a way to get their help, there has to be. Phil's plan certainly can't be flawless. There must be a way to tell the guys without him knowing."

"We need to tell them Rose, I can't keep lying to them for much longer. It's eating at me."

"I hear you, sister. Let's sleep on it, and we can try to figure out something tomorrow."

"Okay." I feel unbelievably better knowing that Rose is in agreement with me and for a small moment my mind starts to feel the faint flicker of hope. Hope that we might get out of here, hope that I might be able to live a normal life. Hope that what I have with Edward won't be a passing fancy for him, that he might just feel as much for me as I do for him.

We both get under what little covers we have, and after a while, I could hear Rose's breathe even out. On my side, I can't seem to relax enough to fall asleep. The thought of telling Edward and Emmett about our situation runs around in my head, nagging at me. This could end in so many ways. I toss and turn for a while, but finally fall into a restless sleep, concentrating on positive thoughts of Edward.

Since there aren't any windows in this basement, I don't know what time of the day it is when I wake up. Beside me, Rose is still asleep, but that's nothing new. She always sleeps later than me. Lucky her. I don't understand how she could sleep in such an environment. Maybe she's learned to relax with time, ignore enough stuff to empty her mind for a while. I could try that. I know ignoring things isn't the best way, but if it can bring me peace of mind so that I can sleep, I certainly won't say no. I'll have to ask Rose how she does it.

Not able to fall back to sleep, I get out of bed and make my way to the bathroom. On my way out, I notice a pile of clothes on the last step of the stairs. Renee must have done some laundry. Every once in a while we'd find our ratty clothes somewhat clean on the last step of the stairs. I don't know why Renee even bothers. I mean, if she hates me so much, why wash our clothes? And why would Phil let her do it? I decide not to dwell on the subject any longer, it wouldn't solve anything. After dropping Rose's clothes on the bed, I make my way back to the bathroom to "dress", while trying to come up with a way to tell Edward and Emmett about our situation. It couldn't very well be done within the club, but what other choice did we have? We aren't allowed to leave these premises beside when we go to the club to work. Phil certainly makes sure we don't leave his eye sight whenever we do make the short trip to and from our work. I learned that at my own expense.

On one of the first nights I was working at the club, I tried to escape. Just as we were coming out of the back door of the building, I tried to make a run for it without thinking. Next thing I know, I am lying face down on the dirty asphalt, my hands held tightly behind my back by Phil. "You really shouldn't have done that." Phil said menacingly. I could hear Rose calling out from further down the hallway, but she must have been restrained by one of the bouncers.

"Phil, let's go, I'm tired." I could hear Renee say just as Phil was starting to raise the hem of my skirt.

Coincidence? I would never know. But I was certainly thankful for Renee back then.

While I wait for Rosalie to wake up, I try to clean up the bathroom the best I can without cleaning products. Phil had made it clear that nobody would clean it up for us, so if we wanted a clean bathroom, we had to take care of it. It's a good thing we do it regularly, because I don't know in what state it would be in by now. I'd rather not go down that path.

Rose finally wakes up, and after she is dressed, we sit down and try to brainstorm. By the time it is time to leave for the club, we don't have anything concrete, but we do promise each other that we would try to bring it up with our guys at some point in the near future.

As I am getting ready in the dressing room I share with Rose, I can't help but let my mind wander off to Edward, wondering what he is doing at the moment.

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EPOV

I am sitting in a Japanese restaurant, trying to have a nice time with my sister and a few friends. Don't get me wrong, I am having fun, but I'm not all there. My mind keeps wandering off to Bella, wondering what she is doing at the moment, if she misses me as much as I do her.

This dinner has a purpose for me, though I'm having a hard time finding the right time to bring up what I want to talk about. Alice is always making sure that conversation is flowing around the table, so it's hard to introduce a new topic. Just as I look at Bella's picture for the umpteenth time to try to find some clarity, my phone is snatched from my hands… by my darling sister. Well I guess I won't have to worry about when to bring it up now.

"Who's that Edward?" Alice asks me curiously.

"Um… that's Bella. You know, the girl from the club I went to on our birthday?" I feel weird bringing her up this way, I'm afraid of the judgment she will receive from my friends just because of her profession.

"Oh! Yes. The Bella. It's strange, I feel like I've seen her somewhere…"

Before I can say anything, she turns to Angela.

"Hey Angela, does she remind you of anyone?"

I look at Angela while she studies the picture and after a moment, her eyes open wide.

"Oh my God," is all she says. Her hands fly up to cover her wide open mouth as she just stares at my phone.

The suspense is about to kill me so I say, "What?" While everyone else just sits silently waiting on Angela.

"Angela? What's going on?" Ben insists when she still hasn't said anything.

She looks up at me in shock, but still says nothing.

"Angela, come on, you're freaking me out!" I all but shout, earning some dirty looks from the people at tables around us.

"Edward, that's… that's Chief Swan's daughter. You know, the one who was kidnapped two years ago."

It suddenly clicks in my head. Chief Swan had put up flyers everywhere in town with Bella's picture, offering a hefty sum to anyone who'd help him find his daughter. I should have remembered.

"Edward, are you alright?" I hear my sister ask. "You look like you're going to be sick."

"I… I'm fine Alice. I'm just in shock." That was actually an understatement. I have inadvertently found Chief Swan's daughter. Talk about luck or fate.

"We need to call the Chief," I hear Alice say. "He needs to know."

"Maybe we should tell him in person?" I offer.

"We can drive out there tomorrow, Edward," Alice argued, "and give him the full details then but it's not too late to at least call him and give him some of the info tonight. Don't you think that Charlie needs to know right now?" Alice's eyes plead with me. Part of me is stuck dumb with fear and the other part is filled with elation.

"No, this isn't something that can be said over the phone, Alice. I know you mean well, after all, he's waited so long, but… he can wait until tomorrow. It's better that we say everything tomorrow in person instead of bits and pieces now, and the rest later. He will go insane."

"He's right, Alice," Jasper says. I can see Angela and Ben agree as well.

Alice sighs in defeat. "Okay. But we need to leave first thing in the morning."

I agree to that. We start to talk about elaborating a plan to help Bella, but nothing really concrete comes out. We're still too much in the dark about what happened that we don't know where to start. I thought about questioning Bella about it later tonight when I'd go and see her, but I rejected the idea the next second. I don't want to get her hopes up if we can't help her in the end. Tonight may be the hardest thing to get through in my whole life so far. I know Bella's secret but I can't tell her I know and ease her mind just yet. Why couldn't I have found this out tomorrow when I didn't have to face her?

A few hours later, I leave the restaurant still confused about this new revelation. This was Bella Swan. The beautiful Bella Swan that I had a crush on for a while in high school. I don't think that me finding her is just luck. I can't help but think it's the work of fate.

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